Enjoying a Pleasant Verona City Break
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at Il Relais Castelvecchio while enjoying a Verona city break in Italy’s most pleasant city. With its majestic Roman amphitheatre hosting spectacular floodlit opera, its…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at Il Relais Castelvecchio while enjoying a Verona city break in Italy’s most pleasant city. With its majestic Roman amphitheatre hosting spectacular floodlit opera, its…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at The Kensington hotel in London and take in the Chanel Exhibition at the V&A. The Irish are surely the perfectly-equipped hoteliers. The national…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at the Rudding Park Hotel and Spa on their visit to Harrogate for the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Charles Dickens thought it…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise check in to Le Phebus Hotel & Spa in Provence France, a land of culture and beauty. To arrive in the heart of the…
On a visit to the International Literature Festival Dublin, Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise have a very musical stay at the Hard Rock Hotel Dublin. Our journey through the lobby…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise check into Cley Windmill, Norfolk, go birdwatching, have a brush with a headless queen, and discover an inspirational wildlife sanctuary. Back in the Middle Ages…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise continue their safari in Botswana, visiting the Okavango Delta. The second half of our trip to Botswana took us to one of the Seven Natural…
in the first of two articles, Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise take an amazing Botswana safari, staying at three camps run by Great Plains Conservation, commencing at Selinda Camp. It…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at The Space, Holt Norfolk and enjoy the surrounding countryside. Our trip to Norfolk generates that familiar feeling of keen anticipation as we reach…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise check in at The Other House London, to discover a new way to stay in Town. Back in the 1960s, it wasn’t just Carnaby Street…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise travel to the Cotswolds to slow down at the Thyme Hotel. There’s a sense of timelessness as you journey to Gloucestershire’s Thyme country house hotel…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise travel to Dublin and Cork inspired by James Joyce and other literary giants of Ireland. It’s one o’clock on day two of our stay in…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise stay at Toppesfield Vineyard in Essex, to enjoy the excellent wine and luxury accommodation. It was the most ravishing of views. As the late summer…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise visit Worlington Hall near the town of Mildenhall in Suffolk for a delightful dinner. It’s one thing to claim that the rooms in your country…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise discover the cultural things to do in Venice and Lake Como Italy, from the great art and history to the wonderful cuisine. From Naples in…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise leave their Suffolk home for a night to experience The Bloomsbury Hotel London and the Sutton Hoo Helmet. It was but a stroll from The…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise take the shortest of journeys to stay at the nearby Rectory Manor Hotel, Suffolk. We reckon we’re familiar with all – or nearly all –…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise pay a visit to the UK capital to stay at Brown’s hotel, and pop into a Late Constable exhibition at the Royal Academy. Emperors, kings…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise visit Lucknam Park Equestrian Centre for some equine therapy and make some four-legged friends. It’s halfway through our Equine Connect course at Lucknam Park Equestrian…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise go on a Wales Road trip staying at a plethora of wonderful paces and exploring the history and cuisine of the Principality. To Wales in…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise use the Marylebone Hotel London to examine the surrounding area including The Wallace Collection and the oldest existing bookshop. Is it mar-li-bone or mar-li-bun? Or…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise revisit The Great House Hotel and Restaurant in Lavenham to experience the wonderful French cuisine as well as pop in on the Little Hall Museum…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise take a mini-break at the University Arms Cambridge, visiting the Fitzwilliam Museum and Kettle’s Yard. It’s a bibliophile’s dream, a stay at the beautifully renovated…
Roger Hermiston and Eileen Wise spend a night at The Savoy, discovering the colourful history and wonderful cuisine of one of London’s foremost hotels. Past the exquisite glass Lalique fountain…